Ed S. Nassif v. State of Iowa

MULLINS, Judge.

Ed Nassif was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. At the time of the offense in September 1990, Nassif was twenty-one years old. In June 2014, Nassif filed a pro-se application for postconviction relief claiming his sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment because "the brain is not fully developed until the age of 25." Following a hearing, the district court denied Nassif's application.

Nassif appeals. He contends his sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole amounts to cruel and…